George Siemens
George Siemens | |
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Siemens at UNESCO conference, 2009 | |
| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Learning Analytics, massive open online courses, digital education |
| Institutions | |
| Academic advisors | Martin Weller |
George Siemens is a Canadian expatriate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington and professor and director of the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning at the University of South Australia. He is known for his theory of connectivism, which seeks to understand learning in the digital age. He played a role in the early development of massive online open courses (MOOCs).